Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on August 1,

2007.

Stephen J. Wright,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. E7–15770 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP07–555–000]

East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

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August 7, 2007.

Take notice that on August 2, 2007,

East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (East

Tennessee) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised

Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in

Appendix A of the filing to be effective

September 1, 2007.

East Tennessee states that the purpose

of this filing is to modify the East

Tennessee Tariff to (i) update the

nomination, scheduling, curtailment

and OFO provisions in the General

Terms and Conditions (‘‘GT&C’’), (ii)

modify Rate Schedule LNGS to delete

the Summer Season Injection Schedule,

(iii) add a provision to address

scheduled maintenance of East

Tennessee’s system, and (iv) modify the

auction timeline set forth in GT&C

Section 48.

East Tennessee Hub states that copies

of its filing have been mailed to all

affected customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). Protests will be considered by

the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or

protests must be filed in accordance

with the provisions of § 154.210 of the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention

or protest must serve a copy of that

document on the Applicant. Anyone

filing an intervention or protest on or

before the intervention or protest date

need not serve motions to intervene or

protests on persons other than the

Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

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interventions in lieu of paper using the

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the protest or intervention to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–15799 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP07–556–000]

Egan Hub Storage, LLC; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 7, 2007.

Take notice that on August 2, 2007,

Egan Hub Storage, LLC (Egan Hub)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1,

the tariff sheets listed in Appendix A of

the filing to be effective September 1,

2007.

Egan Hub states that the purpose of

this filing is to modify the Egan Hub

Tariff to (i) Update the nomination,

scheduling and curtailment provisions

in the General Terms and Conditions

(GT&C), (ii) clarify the scheduling

priority applicable to certain wheeling

transactions, (iii) clarify various

definitions in GT&C Section 2, (iv)

modify the Notices provision, (v)

modify GT&C Section 9 to describe the

Point(s) of Receipt and Point(s) of

Delivery, and (vi) modify the auction

timeline set forth in GT&C Section 33.1.

Egan Hub states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to all affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

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385.214). Protests will be considered by

the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or

protests must be filed in accordance

with the provisions of § 154.210 of the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention

or protest must serve a copy of that

document on the Applicant. Anyone

filing an intervention or protest on or

before the intervention or protest date

need not serve motions to intervene or

protests on persons other than the

Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper using the

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the protest or intervention to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–15795 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP07–414–000]

Golden Triangle Storage, Inc.; Notice

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Golden

Triangle Storage Project, Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues,

and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting

and Site Visit

August 7, 2007.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

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discuss the environmental impacts of

the proposed Golden Triangle Storage

Project, which involves construction

and operation of natural gas storage

facilities in Jefferson and Orange

Counties, Texas. This notice announces

the opening of the scoping period that

will be used to gather environmental

input from the public and interested

agencies on the project. Your input will

help the Commission staff determine

which issues need to be evaluated in the

EA. Please note that the scoping period

will close on September 6, 2007.

Comments may be submitted in

written form or verbally. Further details

on how to submit written comments are

provided in the Public Participation

portion of this notice. In addition to or

in lieu of sending written comments, we

invite you to attend the public scoping

meeting at the location listed below.

Date and time

Location

Tuesday, August 28,

2007, 7–10

pm (CST).

Lamar University, Mary &

John Gray Library, 4400

MLK Blvd, Beaumont, TX

77710.

Public scoping meetings are designed

to provide state and local agencies,

interested groups, affected landowners,

and the general public with another

opportunity to offer comments on the

project. Interested groups and

individuals are encouraged to attend the

meeting and to present comments on the

environmental issues they believe

should be addressed in the EA.

With this notice, we 1 are asking other

federal, state, local, and tribal agencies

with jurisdiction and/or special

expertise with respect to environmental

issues to cooperate with us in the

preparation of the EA. Agencies that

would like to request cooperating status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments provided below.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. (GTS)

representative about the acquisition of

an easement to construct, operate, and

maintain the proposed facilities. The

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, GTS could

initiate condemnation proceedings in

accordance with state law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy

Projects.

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Facility on My Land? What Do I Need

to Know?’’ addresses a number of

typically asked questions, including the

use of eminent domain and how to

participate in the Commission’s

proceedings. It is available for viewing

on the FERC Internet Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov).

Summary of the Proposed Project

GTS seeks authorization to construct

a new natural gas storage facility in

Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas.

The Golden Triangle Storage Project

would consist of developing two 8.0billion-cubic-feet storage caverns; two

parallel 7.45-mile-long, 24-inchdiameter pipelines; 1.45 miles of

additional 24-inch-diameter pipeline;

six associated meter stations; a 14,205

horsepower compressor station; up to

five brine disposal wells; a brine

disposal pipeline; a freshwater pipeline;

and other appurtenant facilities.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed project

would affect a total of about 190.8 acres

during construction. Following

construction, about 67.5 acres would be

allowed to revert to its previous

conditions.

GTS proposes to construct its two

parallel 24-inch-diameter pipelines in a

100-foot-wide construction right-of-way,

and would maintain a 75-foot-wide

permanent right-of-way for operation

and maintenance. A 75-foot-wide

construction right-of-way would be

required for the additional 1.45-milelong 24-inch-diameter pipeline. GTS

would maintain a 50-foot-wide

permanent right-of-way for operation

and maintenance of this segment.

The EA Process

We are preparing the EA to comply

with the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA) which requires the

Commission to take into account the

environmental impacts that could result

from an action whenever it considers

the issuance of a Certificate of Public

Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also

requires us to discover and address

concerns the public may have about

proposals. This process is referred to as

‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the scoping

process is to focus the analysis in the

EA on the important environmental

issues. By this Notice, we are requesting

public comments on the scope of the

issues to address in the EA. All

comments received will be considered

during the preparation of the EA.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be presented in the EA.

Depending on the comments received

during the scoping process, the EA may

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be published and mailed to federal,

state, and local agencies; public interest

groups; interested individuals; affected

landowners; newspapers and libraries in

the project area; and the Commission’s

official service list for this proceeding.

A comment period will be allotted for

public review if the EA is published. We

will consider all comments on the EA

before we make our recommendations to

the Commission.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commenter, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission.

Your comments should focus on the

potential environmental effects of the

proposal, reasonable alternatives to the

proposal (including alternative locations

and routes), and measures to avoid or

lessen environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas Branch 1;

• Reference Docket No. CP07–414–

000;

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before September 6, 2007.

Please note that the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

comments. See Title 18 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Part

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (18 CFR 385.2001

(a)(1)(iii))and the instructions on the

Commission’s Internet Web site at

http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’

link and the link to the User’s Guide.

Prepare your submission in the same

manner as you would if filing on paper

and save it to a file on your hard drive.

Before you can file comments you will

need to create an account by clicking on

‘‘Login to File’’ and then ‘‘New User

Account.’’ You will be asked to select

the type of filing you are making. This

filing is considered a ‘‘Comment on

Filing.’’

Site Visit

Also on August 28, 2007, the FERC

staff will conduct a site visit of the

proposed Golden Triangle Storage

Project. We will view the proposed

storage cavern locations, well sites, and

associated pipeline routes.

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Representatives of GTS will accompany

us during the visit.

All interested parties may attend the

site visit. Those planning to attend must

provide their own transportation. If you

are interested in attending the site visit,

please meet at 1 p.m. at the site of the

public meeting.

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Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must send one electronic copy (using

the Commission’s eFiling system) or 14

paper copies of its filings to the

Secretary of the Commission and must

send a copy of its filings to all other

parties on the Commission’s service list

for this proceeding. If you want to

become an intervenor, you must file a

motion to intervene according to Rule

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214). Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Environmental Mailing List

An effort is being made to send this

notice to all individuals, organizations,

and government entities interested in

and/or potentially affected by the

proposed project. This includes all

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be

used temporarily for project purposes,

or who own homes within distances

defined in the Commission’s regulations

of certain aboveground facilities. We

encourage government representatives

to notify their constituents of this

planned project and encourage them to

comment on their areas of concern. If

you do not return the attached form

(Appendix B), you will be removed from

the Commission’s environmental

mailing list.

Additional Information

Additional information about the

project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

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at 1–866–208 FERC (3372) or on the

FERC Internet Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov). Using the ‘‘eLibrary’’

link, select ‘‘General Search’’ from the

eLibrary menu, enter the selected date

range and ‘‘Docket Number’’ excluding

the last three digits (i.e., CP07–414), and

follow the instructions. For assistance

with access to eLibrary, the helpline can

be reached at 1–866–208–3676, TTY

(202) 502–8659, or at

FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov. The

eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web

site also provides access to the texts of

formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rule makings.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

which allows you to keep track of all

formal issuances and submittals in

specific dockets. This can reduce the

amount of time you spend researching

proceedings by automatically providing

you with notification of these filings,

document summaries and direct links to

the documents. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–15800 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 12574–002]

Santiam Water Control District; Notice

of Application Tendered for Filing With

the Commission, Soliciting Additional

Study Requests, Intent To Waive PreFiling Consultation Provisions, and

Establishing Deadline for Submission

of Final Amendments

August 7, 2007.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Conversion of

the conduit exemption application filed

by the Santiam Water Control District

on February 1, 2005, under P–12574–

001 to an application for a small hydro

(less than 5 MW) exemption.

b. Project No.: P–12574–002.

c. Date Filed: June 18, 2007, and

supplemented on July 18, 2007,

pursuant to Order Denying Rehearing

(119 FERC ¶ 61,159).

d. Applicant: Santiam Water Control

District.

e. Name of Project: Stayton

Hydroelectric Project.

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f. Location: On the Stayton Ditch near

the Town of Stayton, Marion County,

Oregon. The project would not occupy

United States land.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16

U.S.C. §§ 2705, 2708.

h. Applicant Contact: Larry Trosi,

Manager, Santiam Water Control

District, 284 East Water Street, Stayton,

OR 97383, (503) 769–2669.

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202)

502–6041.

j. Cooperating Agencies: We are

asking Federal, state, and local agencies

and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/

or special expertise with respect to

environmental issues to cooperate with

us in the preparation of the

environmental document. Agencies who

would like to request cooperating status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments described in item l below.

k. Pursuant to § 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR

of the Commission’s regulations, if any

resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person

believes that an additional scientific

study should be conducted in order to

form an adequate factual basis for a

complete analysis of the application on

its merit, the resource agency, Indian

Tribe, or person must file a request for

a study with the Commission not later

than 60 days from the date of filing of

the application, and serve a copy of the

request on the applicant.

l. Deadline for filing additional study

requests and requests for cooperating

agency status: September 17, 2007.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors filing documents

with the Commission to serve a copy of

that document on each person on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

Additional study requests and

requests for cooperating agency status

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. The

Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s Web site at

(http://www.ferc.gov) under the

‘‘eFiling’’ link.

m. This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

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